Opposition to Plans to Transform Chillicothe’s Yoctangee Park [Video]

Janet Griffith of “Save Yoctangee Park” speaks to Chillicothe Council.

Chillicothe — The “Appalachian Community Grant Program” is set to change Yoctangee Park drastically in the face of anticipated World Heritage tourism – but some say not for the better.

Governor Mike DeWine highlighted a $154 million state investment in Appalachian Ohio in front of Chillicothe’s historic Memorial Armory in Yoctangee Park on May 1st.

The plan has been evolving since its big unveiling on May 1st, and the approximately two-and-a-half-year fast-paced plan to add buildings and reconfigure recreational facilities has reached the point where the city has been able to make the first legal contract on the project.

That was when council passed a resolution Monday allowing a contract with a “construction manager at risk,” as I reported in my previous story.

Until then, the drafts of the plan have been shown a few times to officials. Since the funds are passing …